Strap fastener



' in thecapacity of Patented Aug. 10, 1943 p' o l. nNiTEn sur v` .This invention relates-to strap fastening devices and more particularly. to devices serving tainers.

Theprincipal object of .the-invention isvto Vpro- .Y

vide a device having many applications, among 'Y its uses being a fastener for straps employedior bindingY luggage, `for securingv loads onvehicles and as belt retainers for` wearing appareL'its chief advantage lying in the fact that aStrapV or belt is inserted fromfthe sideinstead of throughv v .apertures of a frame as in most conventional belt .'buckles,v slides andreareclosed as b'ya pivoted clipfwhen'needed, to' v' `buckles and .which advantage. makes for vspeedy f secureme'nt of .thestrap or belt which ,it secures.

Another object of the invention isv to;k provider? a strap retainerwhich nasa .series Gf relatively parallel and spaced ,prongsor legs,Y about which thestrap or belt is passed andiwhich, through frictional Contact with the strap or belt, corni( bined with such auxiliary vfriction supplying means as'may be requiredl will hold the strap v'or Vbelt against longitudinal slippage. K 'BroadlyY the invention lprovidesa strap fas'- tener which can beA quickly and easilymanipu- .lated inasmuch as the end of the strap is' `not i required to be threaded therethrough but may be inserted into the fastener at any ypoini'interrnediete-the'ends'ofthe-strap.v This is desirable in cases where the fastener is used vin'extrernely coldV or inclement weather for Isecuring loadbinding straps as, for example; Von trucks androther vehicles, used particularly in emergency cases requiringspee'dy'but inconvenient travel.' i lWiththe foregoingohjects as paramount, the

invention has particular reference 'to certain sal'- ient features of construction :and'arrangement of parts, toY become. manifestV as the-description proceeds, taken in connection with `theaccompanying drawing, wherein: Y Figure 1 is a front perspective View oof'astrap fastener constructed according to the present invention.

/ gitudinalfdisplacement or togprevent' lateralv dis vwherein .Ii'denotesv affraine' which is formedto flange I3 isfgormed'by'bending'lthe same atright `a strap I5, inpassing between lthe -prongs'{I`I',-'Will Vfastener and .are eachapertured to receive 'screws 1,8'. .This clip is` constructed Yo` amaterialV have 1:5 n

` ing inherentrresiliencygand lis substantially 1U;

Figure Sis still another'modication of the ini-A A vention.r l' ,Y af; Aj :i 1 supplementing'V the' objects of "the invention .heretofore'expressed it -is vpointedouttl1at. -in .each of the various forms thereof illustrated, the feature, of thebpen sidev or end'pre'vails. However, in certainA cases, the strap receiving recesses add-frictional resistance tofany tendency to lonplacement. of the'strap. f g 1 l Continuing'more infdetailwith the drawing,` reference: is' primarily'made'lto Figures 1 to i3 provide prongs @I I,k defining recesses l2 therebe.-y tween. At one end ofthe rbody or:fra1ne I0; a

angles, then. parallelrwith the plane Lofthe body. The cppositeend' ofS the body issirnilarly forrried-l Y butcut away to defineif'a'narrow angell! sothat' I5 Which'secure the fastenerto a support `I"I,' such as a Atruclgsbody-v vor Y otherstructure r on 'which 'a'vr .strap may beneeded- Pivotea atv' to' the flangel is 'is-luie tanofaciip shaped in cross section'tostraddlertheprongs 'ILI as well as the.`strap` I5 Whenall elementsare in.Y Y Y the position shown in Figures 2 and31-Whenfin cent the pivotedpointfd of fthe' clip," under'the intermediate gprong andjover thenext prong II,1v

. the strap is partly held againstlongitudinal slipf :l page` by .the serratedgedge b ofr the' intermediate Figure .2 is a front elevational view withvtheAY friction clip in closed position.V

Figure 3 is a view in longitudinal cross section,

taken on line 3-'3 on Figure 2Q Figure 4 is a modified form .shown in Figures 1 to 3.

` Figure 5 is a plan view thereof.

Figure 6-is arvertical section taken on line 6-6 on Figure 4.

Figure '7 is a further modiiied form of the invention.

Figure 8 is a transverse section taken on line 8-8 on Figure 7,'and

f the fastener l page Whenthelclip I8 is-.rotatedzinto position, Y

with both `'Wings thereof bearing against thestrap to bind thesanie against the prongs. o Y if v"llfie drawing shows but a single leadof the strapV extending through-the fastener. jOrdinarily, one

end of the Vstrap is affixed at a point, probably l on thetruck body, spaced from the fastener while Yprong 2I atthe opposite end, ,leaving an intere Y other kform of the` invention. Y analogous in the respect that-the beltis received mediate space `which is occupied by'a tongue 22, hinged at c to the frame. This tongue has a serrated edge d'which serves to hold Vthe vbelt 23 against longitudinal slippage when in operative position.V

VPivoted at e at-one corner to the prong 2| is' a clip 24. This clip is of substantially U'shape in transverse section, One end ofthe belt'23 is secured to the loop 20 in theV manner shown and' afterpassing aboutl thebody, incase of its use Y as a support for wearing apparelVit is disposed across the outer faces of the loop 20 andprong 2|, with thetongue-22 in the'position shownjn dotted lines in Figures 5 and 6. After the tongue is moved upward into a plane flush with the bodyVV I9, the clip 241is moved downward to straddle the body and belt as shown in Figure 5 in solid lines. longitudinal displacement. f

.Figures 'l and 8 are respectively front-eleva# tion and transverse-sectional*views "of 'stillan- This example is from the top or side as 4the casemay be but is intended more las" a retainer'uslide than Aa clasp, th'e object being! to provide ajslide retainer for to little. strain andniay be manipulated with ease. This slideconsistsr of Wire, convoluted to Vformprongs defining intermediatefspaces V2li;

` open at the top and intowhich the belt 21 is -lat'- erally thrust. L1 Two.V thicknesses Vof VtheA belt are shown lyinginy the slide in Figure rSrwhichis rin-4 tended-to indicate that after passing around the body, the remaining portions 4of the belt are 'disposedin the spacesrbetween the prongs and Thus, the beltis positively held against f fastener comprising body, having a series of `Vlaterally Vextending prongs dening, lelongated, open "ended recesses 'in transverse relation to belts on ladies wearing apparel which iss'ubject through thefriction supplied both by the Ybelt'and contacting prongs, little 'displacement will Voccur unless undue strain is imposed thereon'.

, Figure 9;illustrates another embodimentiofthe formlof the invention'shown-n Figures 'l and-'8 ,andjust'describ'ed.' In this form, thesame1prin ciplenls carried yout butas a stamping- YThe frame or body 28.is :formedto provide" aplurality:V of

relatively 'paralleljprongs 2 9 todefine'spaces'B therebetween which receive ai 'belt' or; strap;V not shown, in the same manner as described earlier.

As a means tofpromote greater vfrictional resistof the `body'Zvto form flanges 3l. The Abeltris passed -underthe` end prongs andY over the' inter mediate prong,` thus to bear 'against theedges of the" flanges 3l 'and in-so'doingwill be -less likely to sliplongitudinally.

` Manifestlmthe construction as'shownand'de# scribed iscapable of some modication and such yance onthe belt, the inner edges of each of the f outer prongs are bent at right Vangles .to the' plane What is claimedis: i i

1. A strap fastening device including a body formed kwith a plurality of relatively parallel prongs dening parallel recesses, open at their lends to receive a strap to produce therein a bend or a series of bends imposing frictional resistance on said strap, a clip substantially U-shape in transverse section, pivoted at one corner to a corner of said body and Whose sides are adapted `to overlie and frictionallybear against the Y sides of saidstrap to retain the latter insaid recesses. i

. .2. A strap fastening device including a body having a series of relatively parallel prongsin transverse relation thereto and between which v a strap is laterally passed for retention by frictional engagement with said prongs, a pivoted clip having relatively parallel sides substantially equal in length and width to the length and width of said body and adapted to receive the latter-to afford friction on saidstrap in additiongto that imposed-'thereon by the`- bends in said strap eiectedby itsfengagement with said prongs'. 'A n 's 3i As afnew articlejof manufacture, a strap said body and adapted to receive al strap intermediate .its ends, a clip pivoted to one of said prongs having sides to substantially. enclose said body and adapted to bear upon saidfstrapl and bodyI on. both sides to augmentlfrictional re` L sistanceon said beltpaused by its engagement 35 With saidiprongslfy i 4V.4 a,Y new.: article' 'of i manufacture; al strap 'securing device comprising .jai body having a 'series ofV elongated, open' endedrecesses adapted .to'frec'eive a4 strap intermediate its ends to produce therein Y av series [of bends, a pivoted clip entirelyrenclosing said recesses and substantially enclosing said `body to retain said-strapland4 at ythe same. time imposing `on either side thereof frictionalfresistance to hold said strap against i clip provided Vwith side; Walls'having inherent modication as may be Vconstruedfto. fall'within `i thescope' and meaning of the appended claims is also consideredto be withintheQspiritand intent'of the invention',` s.. x

resiliency adapted to receive and substantially enclose .said body and whose i side walls' bear frictionally against portions of both sides of said body-andV strap Vvto impose pressure uponl the latter and' means retaining said V,clip for pivotal movement into and out kof engagement withsaid body. y -l- 1 Y 

